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Offline CommanderBaker

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SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« on: July 31, 2019, 01:21:25 PM »
I would like to reopen discussion on Warlord Games newest addition to the world of ancients wargaming, SPQR.

A new FAQ has been released and i believe it addresses some of the many questions people have been asking about the game. I don't yet own the rulebook but i am very interested in hearing what people think of the rule system or be linked to any after action reports.

Please keep in mind that this thread exists to discuss how the game plays, what armies people would like to try and what people have experienced so far. it is NOT a thread for debating the historical accuracy of the game. As a smaller scale game liberties have been taken to allow for players to use many different armies of the period. Please keep the discussions on topic.

https://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SPQR-FAQ.pdf

I have linked to the new FAQ here in this post.

EDIT: Fixed link to FAQ
« Last Edit: July 31, 2019, 02:22:49 PM by CommanderBaker »

Offline Mad Lord Snapcase

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #1 on: July 31, 2019, 01:57:28 PM »
Thanks for posting that. I have the rule book but have not yet tried a game.

Unfortunately, the link from Warlord seems to go to Facebook and require a log in. I am not on Facebook.

Can someone who has downloaded the FAQ, post it on here as a file?   ???

Thanks in advance.


Offline Coenus Scaldingus

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #2 on: July 31, 2019, 02:13:51 PM »
Thanks for posting that. I have the rule book but have not yet tried a game.

Unfortunately, the link from Warlord seems to go to Facebook and require a log in. I am not on Facebook.

Can someone who has downloaded the FAQ, post it on here as a file?   ???

Thanks in advance.
That may have been a wrong link, seems to be fixed now. Here's a direct link to the pdf via their website: https://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SPQR-FAQ.pdf
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Offline CommanderBaker

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #3 on: July 31, 2019, 02:21:55 PM »
That may have been a wrong link, seems to be fixed now. Here's a direct link to the pdf via their website: https://www.warlordgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SPQR-FAQ.pdf

Awesome! I will update my post with that link.

Mad Lord, you'll have to let us know when you have a game. is the rulebook full of lovely terrain photos?
« Last Edit: July 31, 2019, 02:23:38 PM by CommanderBaker »

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #4 on: July 31, 2019, 03:46:55 PM »
Coenus Scaldingus, thanks for that.   :)  Downloaded the FAQ now.

CommanderBaker, I'll post an AAR when I have my first go but I need to paint some figures first. Started on some Romans and Celtic Britons, plus a Victrix chariot.

Lots of good pictures in the book, photos and drawings, glad I bought it.

Offline Ethelred the Almost Ready

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #5 on: August 01, 2019, 07:21:29 AM »
It gets even better!  90 attacks - does that mean 90 dice????


"Gauls with Wild Charge and a Druid hit you with
90 attacks hitting on a 3, rerolling misses. The
Roman unit with shields forces a re roll of hits.
Do the Gauls get to re roll misses on this forced
reroll?"
"Page 3, a dice can only be re-rolled once. So, no."

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2019, 12:42:15 PM »
well,

while I am not one of these, there are people who swear by buckets of dice. It has a lot to do with design philosophy. Me... I am already working on a different approach to keep dice on reasonable numbers. Years ago in an article in ATO Magazine Lewis Pulsipher even argued it is a better way to solve combat (and Peter Perla from CNA is another one who likes BOD). Sadly the article failed to impress and gave me the idea that, despite designing Britannia, Pulsipher is someone I wish to avoid like the plague.

Said that, it is a specific case of a unit using several specific advantages, not the average.
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Offline CommanderBaker

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #7 on: August 01, 2019, 02:41:54 PM »
So to clarify for me as i don't have the rules, 90 dice would be a very unlikely scenario? A large group of barbarians all using all of their dice stacking benefits? 

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #8 on: August 01, 2019, 02:45:46 PM »
From the PDF: "Gauls with Wild Charge and a Druid hit you with 90 attacks hitting on a 3, rerolling misses."

90 - ninety - dices?
WHAT?????????? How is it even possibile in a skirmish game?
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Offline Dr DeAth

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #9 on: August 01, 2019, 03:25:29 PM »
It gets even better!  90 attacks - does that mean 90 dice????


"Gauls with Wild Charge and a Druid hit you with
90 attacks hitting on a 3, rerolling misses. The
Roman unit with shields forces a re roll of hits.
Do the Gauls get to re roll misses on this forced
reroll?"
"Page 3, a dice can only be re-rolled once. So, no."

That's going to get confusing.

Example:

As the Gaul, I roll 90 dice, hit with 60 and miss with 30, so I re-roll the 30 misses and manage to hit with 20 of the re-rolls for a total of 80 hits.

Now I have to re-roll my hits due to the Roman shields, but I've already re-rolled 30 of the dice (the ones that missed first time round) so does P3's 'only one re-roll' that mean that those 20 hits from the re-rolled dice aren't rerolled, and I just re-roll the other 60 dice that hit first time round?

I don't own the rules, but I'm curious.
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Offline Arrigo

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #10 on: August 01, 2019, 03:36:04 PM »
no, the Romans force the reroll of hits. the FAQ makes sense only if you have looked at the rules.

Also I think the FAQ is misleading (IE: type it should have been 30 not 90...). Basically each gaul warrior rolls 2 D6 in close combat. Using the wild charge they may charge into an enemy unit (but straight ahead no deviation no blocking model, and at least 3" movement), they will get a 1 D6 per warrior bonus. So if your unit is of 10 warriors + druid, it will be 31 dice... okay a lot. The druid will allow to reroll the misses, but the roman will force to reroll the hits. Each player may force a die roll to be re-rolled only once.

So you reroll the initial misses and then the romans force you to reroll all the hits. It is not that bad, but a tad clunky. And the FAQ is not that clarifying either...


As I said I am finding way round this...


« Last Edit: August 01, 2019, 03:54:53 PM by Arrigo »

Offline CommanderBaker

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #11 on: August 01, 2019, 03:37:00 PM »
Yeah I want to see a play through. I'm not planning on having that many models a side for when i play but whether it 30 dice or 90 i want to understand the methodology. i dont mind rolling a lot of dice.

Offline Tim.w

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #12 on: August 01, 2019, 05:27:04 PM »
Ordered the rules today. I've been patiently waitng for Clash of Spears but last I saw they are still in the pipeline until November, so thought I'd give these a go. I have an early Roman force to paint, which fits better with CoS, so had hoped for Early Rebuplic army list. I do have Caesarian though so not a problem. Also have some 20mm Greeks to paint, origionally meant for Men of Bronze but this may be more up my street. I'm a Bolt Action fan so have high hopes.

Offline CommanderBaker

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #13 on: August 01, 2019, 05:42:33 PM »
I play Bolt Action, MESBG battle companies and Warlords of Erehwon. This is right up my alley in terms of unit size.

Offline zirrian

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Re: SPQR - NEW FAQ from Warlord
« Reply #14 on: August 02, 2019, 12:40:33 PM »
Sadly the FAQ still leaves tons of questions open.

I'm looking forward playing the game, but I'm afraid the houserules will be more than the actual rules.